"Is the aim of these retreats to make money, to heal people, or both? But to whom are these people being marketed, since the average Jamaican citizen cannot afford these high-priced retreats? Do they not deserve access to healing spaces as well?" www.pocpc.org/blog/psyched... #psychedelicsky

We really aren't youtu.be/5KVDDfAkRgc?...

More than 460 people were reportedly killed in a North Darfur hospital that was overrun by Sudanese paramilitary forces, the WHO said

The government shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Travis Peters, an urban farmer in Detroit, is giving out free produce tomorrow 'If it's getting tight, my food is free. Don’t even sweat that'

A Brief History of Halloween Isn’t Fun Anymore 🧵

I have studied the targeting of journalists for many years, but the scale and public display of these killings is truly shocking: “Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital“ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

“Then imagine a fortified medieval town in the middle of the plain, called The Psychedelic Village. This is a very small group of people who have declared themselves the Elders and Gatekeepers of psychedelic culture.” open.substack.com/pub/ecstatic...

"Lichens—which are part fungi, part photosynthetic microorganisms—are best understood as living, interdependent communities... They teach us that our fixation on individualism is not only inaccurate biologically, it’s a dead end." -Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian truthout.org/articles/que...

Psychedelic therapy shows promise for trauma, but for communities of colour, it recalls a legacy of exploitation, leaving mistrust around racialized risks. Register below to learn more about what happened in Lexington, Kentucky from the 40s to the 70s! shorturl.at/ZlB5L #psychedelicsky #blacksky

During the Cold War, the CIA sponsored unethical drug experiments—often on incarcerated Black men—in pursuit of "mind control." Fifty years later, we’re uncovering this hidden history and its lasting harm. Learn more through our website here: shorturl.at/U5g7Y #psychedelicsky #blacksky

Did you know that incarcerated Black men were experimented on for decades? From 1947 to 1974, the CIA used and exploited Black men in studies to test psychedelic drugs for mind control. Want to learn more about our research project attempting to uncover the truth? Sign up below! shorturl.at/sUhA1

The only tier list that I'm actually considering. @andrewsage.bsky.social Prefigurite politics is a solid recommendation offered at the end of the video. I'm definitely going to learn more about it. How can we build a new society within the shell of the old? youtu.be/bTp7TILYfkE?...

"Gaza has been deported to another dimension in which no rules apply." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How do we centre community in this work? "As the use of plant medicines has developed within the wellness space, psychedelics have inevitably become commodified, because we cannot escape capitalism. We’re embedded in it." newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/why-psyche... #psychedelicsky #PAT

Very proud of my brother Chef Bashir Munye for developing the first ever African Food Studies Centre in Canada! & introducing Afro-Culinary Futurism, a tool for cultural reclamation, economic empowerment, and sustainability. Learn more about it below youtu.be/KuEHzO27wNQ?... #BlackFoodSovereignty

Gentle reminder that we're all going to die!... so what do you want to do before it happens? youtu.be/WPQ-UihGYQA?...

Another banger from @dasiasade.bsky.social reminding us to dance in the rain even when the world feels like it's coming to an end youtu.be/n61YHkJjKdA?...

"The tech industry likewise runs on a narrative that AI is merely revealing or passively promoting a natural "weirdness" or malleability in reality, in which AI acceleration is inevitable and evolutionary. In fact, this instability is being deliberately engineered" open.substack.com/pub/edpridea...

“The media’s the most powerful entity on Earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power.” — Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X) www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cult...

Essential read discussing the intersections of psychedelics, AI, and billionaire dystopian fantasies. akjournals.com/view/journal...

It’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🧪 and what better then to share my current favorite nutrition fact. Blending two of my passions. Nutrition Science and Mycology.

"In the crowds is a man with a white beard walking with determination alongside his family. In one hand, he carries a blanket and a few meagre possessions. In the other, he holds onto his adult son, who has Down Syndrome." www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/...

this confirms something i have long suspected, which is that certain people are told that their professional and academic failures are because of “affirmative action” or “DEI” as a way to avoid difficult conversations about their mediocrity www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...

Excellent new theoretical paper from Forstmann & Sagioglou, that "synthesizes current evidence regarding psychedelics' effects on nature relatedness and social connectedness, examining underlying mechanisms through the framework of self-other overlap." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Terrifying and important uncovering of MK ULTRA documents containing a collection of over 1,200 records news.marketersmedia.com/cchr-cites-n...

New co-authored paper! 🚨 together with Katherine Cheung, Kyle Patch, and David Yaden: Distinctive But Not Exceptional: The Risks of Psychedelic Ethical Exceptionalism https://buff.ly/425UxOV

Another sunflower turning ... "Amazon cuts mentions of DEI & LGBTQ rights from public policies." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

My dudes, turn this shit off. On iOS it's under Settings > Apps > Photos > scroll all the way down.

Start.

The #homelessness epidemic is a health crisis, but also an economic one, by Dr. Andrew Boozary www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

A Christmas gift. www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...

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It's a great day to not spend money at any Starbucks location.

Thoughts on a post-drug world for @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/o...

“Like its more conventional psychedelic counterparts, DMT could play a role in psychedelic therapy, offering a new treatment for conditions ranging from depression to cluster headaches — and it could even serve as a kind of rocket fuel for the science of consciousness.” www.vox.com/the-highligh...

The People of Colour Psychedelic Collective (POCPC) is doing important work around bringing psychedelic education to communities of colour If you’re interested in joining the coalition, check out the link here! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #psychedelics #poc #bipoc #healing #drugs #community

We are excited to announce the Love, Land & Liberation Project! CMB has purchased 14 acres of land 20 minutes outside of Atlanta as a space for food production, husbandry, mutual-aid, coop projects, organizing retreats & trainings. Our land will be used to grow movement.

A reminder that billionaires don’t deserve our sympathy youtu.be/HG77Rpma5Jw?...

Today I've rolled out the rsky-labeler service to automatically label and report anti-Black content. This means that within milliseconds of someone using an anti-black slur in a post, profile bio, display name, or handle it'll be labeled as antiblack-harassment and reported to @blacksky.app